CAPE TOWN – A small Southern Right whale carcass washed ashore on to the rocks in Bantry Bay on Sunday and was successfully removed by the National Sea Rescue Institute of South Africa, the city said. The public was urged to avoid the area while the whale removal was taking place. The carcass was taken to Granger Bay for […]

JOHANNESBURG – Africa’s biggest economies have been hammered by the collapse in commodity prices over the past 18 months but there are still investment bright spots to be found. In cities such as Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, Kinshasa and Johannesburg, growth remains robust and investors are prospering in the retail, financial services, technology and construction sectors. […]

BERLIN – The latest movie from South African director Oliver Schmitz, called “Shepherds and Butchers”, a courtroom drama about a man on death row, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday. The movie also has a theme song, “Angels”, produced by Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb and Vusi Mahlasela. (Watch clips of the movie and […]

At the 2016 #UbuntuAwards on Saturday night President Jacob Zuma said “South Africa is a beautiful country with wonderful people”. Addressing guests at the second annual Ubuntu Awards at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, the president said: “Today we honour those who hold our beautiful flag high, and who contribute to not only telling, but demonstrating […]

A lot of numbers were mentioned by President Jacob Zuma during the State of the Nation Address on Thursday. The government has released a list of all the numbers extracted from the speech. These range from what the government will spend to promote domestic tourism (R10 million) to the growth rate set to be achieved […]

President Jacob Zuma has assigned three Ministers to provide support to the families of miners who are still trapped at Lily Farm in Barberton. In a sign that hopes are fading of finding the trapped miners alive, the Presidency announced today that the President has assigned the Minister of Mineral Resources, Mosebenzi Zwane, the Minister in the […]

A bizarre story involving two South Africans on the tiny South Pacific island-nation of Fiji – a diplomat reportedly involved in a fatal drunken-driving accident and the chief of police – has taken a new turn after the death of the diplomat. A Department of International Relations and Cooperation spokesman in Pretoria was reported as saying this week that the diplomat, Theo Mostert, […]

When the Eastern Cape Department of Education failed to provide their children with a school, a group of parents in Gotyibeni in Xhorha took matters into their own hands. In 1994, Gotyibeni residents decided they needed a primary school for their children. Other primary schools were far from the area and children had to wait […]

JOHANNESBURG – Two new hominin fossils have been found in a previously uninvestigated chamber in the Sterkfontein Caves, just northwest of Johannesburg, Wits University announced this week. The two new specimens, a finger bone and a molar, are part of a set of four specimens, which seem to be from early hominins that can be associated […]

BLOEMFONTEIN – Only three days after President Jacob Zuma’s case over Nkandla and whether he should #PayBackTheMoney came before the Constitutional Court, his lawyer is back arguing, in Bloemfontein this time, over the government’s decision not to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he was visiting the country in 2015. The adversaries in court, even though they […]

The South African survivor of the helicopter in Tanzania, which was shot down by poachers two weeks ago, has spoken exclusively to SAPeople about the night of the shooting in which his friend and colleague – British pilot Roger Gower – was fatally wounded. Nick Bester – who grew up on a farm in the Free […]

There were numerous highlights in President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address on Thursday, starting with almost an hour of very vocal interruptions, mostly by the Economic Freedom Fighters, who finally walked out of the chamber shouting “Zupta Must Fall! Zupta Must Fall!” Outside Parliament the EFF’s leader Julius Malema delivered what he called […]

Love him or hate him, Tim Noakes gets people talking. And Wednesday was no different, when the Banting Guru broke down in tears after a day being interrogated about an apparently innocent tweet. It all started with the message on social media by Professor Noakes in which he advised a mother to wean her baby on a low […]

The search continues in South Africa for three trapped miners at Lily mine, in Barberton, and the nation has been called upon to pray for the missing miners and their families as rescue efforts enter Day 6. Hopes were sadly fading Wednesday since the two men and a woman have been trapped underground with no food or […]

The Economic Freedom Fights of Julius Malema increased the fight against the powerful Gupta family, widely known to have connections to President Jacob Zuma, and have released a list of 25 reasons the family must leave or be forced to leave South Africa. The list was made public shortly after the EFF and Malema were on Tuesday indicted […]

CAPE TOWN – More business leaders than there was place for attended a meeting with President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday, in a show of wanting to help the country out of its financial crisis, and offered a plan that he might consider before his State of the Nation address on Thursday. Most news reports called […]

Through his lawyer Jeremy Gauntlett, President Zuma conceded Tuesday that the Public Protector’s findings into security upgrades at his Nkandla homestead were in fact binding. He accepted that the recommendations constitute administrative action and, as there was no judicial review, the South African president is bound by the recommendations as a matter of administrative justice. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said […]

The management of Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) have expressed their sincere condolences to the family of the young man who fell to 30 metres on Lion’s Head in South Africa on Friday evening. In a press statement today TMNP said unfortunately the 26-year-old from Paarl died of his injuries before he could be rescued. According to […]

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — The man who shot British pilot Roger Gower as he was flying an anti-poaching mission near the Serengeti 10 days ago has been arrested, and a criminal poaching ring uncovered, after an intense investigation, according to news reports. At least nine people were arrested, the Tanzanian authorities said on Monday, after […]

Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said Africa remains the ideal destination for investment by international mining companies when he opened the 2016 Mining Indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Monday. “I am optimistic that as investors and analysts present here, you will evaluate the investment prospects of the continent appropriately and take a […]

JOHANNESBURG – Arguments have begun in the Constitutional Court over the Nkandla case, and whether President Jacob Zuma defied Public Protector Thuli Madonsela by not following recommendations she made after an investigation into public money spent on his residence at Nkandla. The case was launched by the Economic Freedom Fighters, and their advocate Wim Trengrove […]

If anyone in Britain has not heard about how cheap South Africa is for a holiday, the Spectator has published an article reminding them that “There may never be a better (or cheaper) time to visit South Africa”, adding that “Jacob Zuma’s economic mismanagement has a benefit for tourists: it’s as if a whole country […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Illovo Sugar said on Monday it has received a non-binding expression of interest from its largest shareholder Associated British Foods to acquire the rest of the company’s shares. ABF, which holds a 51.35 percent stake in Illovo, intends to make an offer of 20 rand (0.8593 pounds) per share for the […]

Why now? Will he really #PayBackTheMoney? How much of it will he pay back? These are some of the questions on the lips of many South Africans. These questions come after President Jacob Zuma’s surprise announcement that he would pay back part of the R246 million of public money that was improperly spent on his private homestead at Nkandla. […]

South African beauty queen and former Miss World title holder, Rolene Strauss has married the love of her life, D’Niel Strauss (founder of Orientis Venture Capital). The 23-year-old posted the Ecclesiastes 3:1 Biblical passage to her facebook page this morning: “To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” She then added […]